HOUSTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises LLC is considering starting a planned overhaul of thesecond largest crude distillation unit at its 600,250 barrel perday (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery in July because of delaysin the schedule caused by a strike, sources familiar with thecompany's plans said on Friday.
Preparations for the 45-day overhaul of the 195,000 bpd CDU,called VPS-4, are about four weeks behind schedule, the sourcessaid.
The timing of the CDU overhaul is also contingent on thesuccessful completion of an overhaul of the refinery's 92,000bpd gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit (FCCU).That unit's return has been delayed by problems restarting aheater, the sources said. (Reporting by Erwin Seba. Editing by Andre Grenon)